Business A-Level
Vertical integration
What Vertical integration means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Vertical integration
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Reference: AQA
Growth that moves along the supply chain, either backward towards suppliers or forward towards customers.
Topics that use Vertical integration
- Assessing a change in scale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- capacity utilisation
- Economies of scale
- external growth
- Franchising models
- gearing
- integration cost
- interest cover
- Methods of external growth
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